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1		-	By: Huberty, Hunter (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 3150
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
3		-	May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
4		-	Resources and Economic Development; May 18, 2015, rereferred to
5		-	Committee on Business and Commerce; May 24, 2015, reported
6		-	favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 24, 2015, sent
7		-	to printer.)
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10		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	4		AN ACT
12	5		relating to the calculation of taxable wages paid by a professional
13	6		employer organization for purposes of the Texas Unemployment
14	7		Compensation Act.
15	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	9		SECTION 1. Section 91.044, Labor Code, is amended by
17	10		amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to
18	11		read as follows:
19	12		(a) A license holder is the employer of a covered employee
20	13		for purposes of Subtitle A, Title 4, and, except for wages subject
21	14		to Section 91.032(c), for purposes of Chapter 61.
22	15		(a-1) A license holder may, in a calendar year during which
23	16		an employee becomes a covered employee of the license holder, apply
24	17		toward the maximum amount of taxable wages established in Section
25	18		201.082(1) any wages paid to the employee in that calendar year by:
26	19		(1) the client; or
27	20		(2) another license holder under a prior professional
28	21		employer services agreement with that client.
29	22		(a-2) In addition to any other reports required to be filed
30	23		by law, a license holder shall report quarterly to the Texas
31	24		Workforce Commission on a form prescribed by the Texas Workforce
32	25		Commission the name, address, telephone number, federal income tax
33	26		identification number, and classification code according to the
34	27		North American Industry Classification System [as described in the
35	28		"Standard Industrial Classification Manual" published by the
36	29		United States Office of Management and Budget] of each client.
37	30		SECTION 2. Section 201.101, Labor Code, is amended to read
38	31		as follows:
39	32		Sec. 201.101. CONFORMITY WITH FEDERAL STATUTES. If the
40	33		United States secretary of labor holds that Section 91.044(a-1) or
41	34		a provision of this subtitle does not conform with a federal
42	35		statute, the commission may administer Section 91.044(a-1) or this
43	36		subtitle, as applicable, to conform with the federal statute until
44	37		the legislature meets in its next session and has an opportunity to
45	38		amend the applicable law [this subtitle].
46	39		SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
47	40		to contributions and withholdings required under Subtitle A, Title
48	41		4, Labor Code, due for employment services rendered on or after
49	42		January 1, 2016.
50	43		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	44	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	45	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	46	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3150 was passed by the House on May 7,
	47	+	2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	48	+	voting.
	49	+	______________________________
	50	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	51	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3150 was passed by the Senate on May
	52	+	25, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.
	53	+	______________________________
	54	+	Secretary of the Senate
	55	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	56	+	Date
	57	+	_____________________
	58	+	Governor